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Hijab controversy: Kwara finally reopens 10 schools

Hijab controversy: Kwara finally reopens 10 schools
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The Kwara state government has announced the immediate reopening of the 10 schools recently shut down over hijab controversy even as its peace-building efforts continue.
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According to NAN, Kemi Adeosun, permanent secretary, ministry of education and human capital development, broke the news in a statement on Wednesday.
The statement said the closure of the schools became necessary to forestall security breaches which may affect lives and properties.
“The government is convinced that its policy to allow willing Muslim schoolgirls to wear their hijab in public schools will lead to sustainable peace and communal harmony anchored on mutual respect and understanding,” it read.

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Kwara Hijab controversy gets messier as Muslims clash with Christians [ARTICLE]

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the schools were closed on Feb. 19 over misunderstanding in the usage of Hijab (Islamic female veil) in public schools.
The government set up a committee to resolve the dispute and later asked the schools to resume on March 8 with willing female students allowed to use the Hijab.
The government, however, rescinded its decision to reopen the schools over safety concerns as some christians were averse to the decision.
This led to the continuous closure of the schools until when the government announced the reopening in the wee hours of Wednesday (March 17).
NAN reports that it violence was recorded at Surulere Baptist Secondary School where Christians were singing gospel songs while Muslims were also chanting Arabic songs.

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Kwara Reopens 10 Schools Shut over Hijab

By Hammed Shittu
Kwara state government on Wednesday directed ten schools recently closed down over the controversy that trailed the wearing of Hijab to resume normal.classes ahead of their West African Senior School Certificate Examination.
The affected schools are C&S College Sabo Oke, St. Anthony College, Offa Road; ECWA School, Oja Iya, Surulere Baptist Secondary School and Bishop Smith Secondary School, Agba Dam.
Others are , CAC Secondary School Asa Dam road, St. Barnabas Secondary School Sabo Oke, St. John School Maraba, St. Williams Secondary School Taiwo Isale, and St. James Secondary School Maraba.
In a statement issued in Ilorin signed by the Permanent Secretary of the state ministry of Education and Human Capital Development, Mrs Mary Kemi Adeosun stated that, “The government is convinced that its policy to allow willing Muslim schoolgirls to wear their hijaab in public schools will lead to sustainable peace and communal harmony anchored on mutual respect and understanding”.

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Violence in Ilorin as Govt Orders Reopening of 10 Schools Without Resolving Hijab Issue

By Hammed Shittu
Violence Wednesday marred the reopening of 10 schools, originally owned by Christian Missions, shut by the Kwara state government over the use of Hijab as Christians and Muslims in Ilorin engaged themselves.
The government of Addulrahman AbdulRazaq had ordered the reopening of the affected schools on Wednesday to enable the students prepare for the upcoming external examinations, without resolving the Hijab issue.
There are fears that if the unfolding development is not urgently and carefully handled it could snowball into religious violence in a state known for peace and religious harmony.
At the Baptist Secondary School, Surulere, the situation was serious as security operatives had to disperse the Muslim and Christian leaders who threw stones at each other over the development.

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Hijab: Christians, Muslims clash as Kwara reopens schools

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Published 17 March 2021
There was a clash between Muslim and Christian faithful on Wednesday in Ilorin after the Kwara State Government reopened 10 schools shut over hijab (Islamic headscarf) controversy.
It was learnt that students wearing hijab were disallowed from entering Baptist School, Surulere by some protesting Christians.
An eyewitness told our correspondent that this led to an altercation between the Muslims and Christians.
The altercation, the eyewitness said, eventually led to a clash that saw the Muslims and Christians throwing objects at themselves.
It was learnt that it took the intervention of security operatives to restore peace.
During their protest, the Christians displayed placards with various inscriptions such as ‘No Hijab in Baptist Schools and all mission/grant-aided schools’, ‘Otoge, give us back our schools, among others.

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Police restore normalcy in Ilorin, sue for peace

The Police Command in Kwara has restored peace and order after violence erupted on Wednesday in some of the Mission grant-aided schools over the use of Hijab by Muslim female students.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, Mr Ajayi Okasanmi, confirmed this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin.
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According to him, following the announcement by the state government to re-open the schools after they had been closed since Feb. 19, the Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Bagega, deployed personnel to ensure that peace reigns in the schools.
“The situation grew worse as angry Christian and Muslim faithful started throwing various objects such as stones, plastic chairs and empty can drink at themselves.

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Kwara reopens schools shut over hijab controversy

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Published 17 March 2021
The Kwara State Government has announced the reopening on Wednesday, March 17, 2021, of the 10 schools that were recently shut down over the hijab controversy.
A statement signed late Tuesday by Mrs Kemi Adeosun, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development said that “the government is convinced that its policy to allow willing Muslim schoolgirls to wear their hijab in public schools will lead to sustainable peace and communal harmony anchored on mutual respect and understanding.
“This path to mutual respect, understanding, and peace with regards to hijaab had long been adopted in all of the northern Nigeria and many states in the Southwest such as Lagos, Osun, Ekiti, and Oyo States.”

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Hijab Controversy: Police storm Kwara to restore normalcy

Hijab Controversy: Police storm Kwara to restore normalcy
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Hold Kwara Governor Responsible For Bloody Violence In State, CAN Tells Nigerian Govt, Police

Hold Kwara Governor Responsible For Bloody Violence In State, CAN Tells Nigerian Govt, Police
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UPDATED: Hijab controversy turns bloody as Muslim, Christian parents clash in Kwara school

UPDATED: Hijab controversy turns bloody as Muslim, Christian parents clash in Kwara school
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